Jump-seat for wagons



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J. r. FOWLER;

JUMP SEA-T FOR WAGONS. No. 303,718. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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NITED STATES nrs'r ome JUMP-SEAT FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,718, dated August19, 1884-.

Application filed April 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OINVILLE F. FoWLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Alliance, in the county of Stark and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in J unipSeatsfor WVagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and eXact description of the invention,which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame,reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, which form a partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved'j amp-seat for vehicles. Fig. 2 is a ver tieal section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a'view of the under side of the scat, showing theswinging supports broken away, and Fig. 4is a perspective detail View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to jump-seats for vehicles; and it consists inthe improved construction and combination, of parts of a seat, which maybe adjusted to fold to either side and to be supported, when swungeither forward or backward, as hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the bottom of thevehicle, and B the side pieces of the body. To the insides of the sidepieces of the body are secured two plates, 0 G, through the ends ofwhich pass bolts 1), upon which twopairs of swinging legs or supports,E, are pivoted. The upper ends of these legs are pivoted upondownwardlyprojecting lips F upon two plates, G, secured upon the underside of the seat at its ends, and the inner edges of the legs formnotches or shoulders H near their upper ends. Two arms, I I, are pivotedupon the middle of the plates upon the under side of the seat turning ina horizontal plane, swinging inward, and prevented from swinging outwardby downwardly-proj ecting lugs or lips J, upon the outer edges of theplates, and the free ends of the arms are bent downward and have notchesK in the ends, which notches will ride upon the shoulders upon the legswhen the seat is tiltedin the direction in which the arms point, whilethe notches will fit upon the inner edges of the other legs when theseat is tilted in the direction opposite to the direction in which thearms point. In this manner it will be seen that the seat may be foldeddown to rest near the bottom, either by tilting it forward or backward,turning the pivoted arms in the direction opposite to the direction inwhich the seat is folded, and that the seat may be tilted and besupported by the ends of the arms resting in the shoulders of the legsby turning the ends of the arms to point in the direction in which theseat is tilted, the seat thus folding to one side and being sup portedto the other side, and vice versa, according to the side to which thearms are turned.

Having thus described myinvention,I claim and desire toseeure by LettersPatent of the United States 1. In a-jump-seat for vehicles, thecombination of a seat, legs pivoted at their lower ends to the body ofthe vehicle and at their upper ends to the seat, and having notches orshoulders near their upper ends, andswinging arms pivoted to the seat,and adapted to engage the notches or shoulders upon the legs, as and forthe purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a jump-seat for vehicles, the combina tion of a seat, platessecured to the underside of the seat at its ends, and having perforatedlips upon their outer edges, near their ends, and lips or lugsprojecting downward from their outer edges, legs pivoted at their upper'ends upon the perforated lips upon' the plates JOINVILLE F. FOWLER.

\Vitnesses:

HARPER BROSIUS, SAML. V. EssIoK,

